commit a6123abb72431f0dda92044727b10177c75a02eb
author Armin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org> Sun May 28 22:07:08 2006 +0000
committer Armin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org> Sun May 28 22:07:08 2006 +0000
tree b14bd24100ed1273539fae82347115c5e4322d7f
parent 5f6861df9300f455d600b6cd237faf429d9a06b0

A clearer error message when passing -R to regrtest.py with
release builds of Python.

Lib/test/regrtest.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 86961b0..314e7e1 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@
     else:
         cfp = cStringIO.StringIO()
     if huntrleaks:
+        if not hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount'):
+            raise Exception("Tracking reference leaks requires a debug build "
+                            "of Python")
         refrep = open(huntrleaks[2], "a")
     try:
         save_stdout = sys.stdout